CHICKPEA
Dictionary entry overview: What does chickpea mean?
• CHICKPEA (noun)
The noun CHICKPEA has 3 senses:
1. the seed of the chickpea plant
2. Asiatic herb cultivated for its short pods with one or two edible seeds
3. large white roundish Asiatic legume; usually dried
Familiarity information: CHICKPEA used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• CHICKPEA (noun)
Meaning:
The seed of the chickpea plant
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
chickpea; garbanzo
Hypernyms ("chickpea" is a kind of...):
legume (the fruit or seed of any of various bean or pea plants consisting of a case that splits along both sides when ripe and having the seeds attach to one side of the case)
Holonyms ("chickpea" is a part of...):
chickpea; chickpea plant; Cicer arietinum; Egyptian pea (Asiatic herb cultivated for its short pods with one or two edible seeds)
Meaning:
Asiatic herb cultivated for its short pods with one or two edible seeds
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
chickpea plant; Cicer arietinum; Egyptian pea; chickpea
Hypernyms ("chickpea" is a kind of...):
legume; leguminous plant (an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae)
Meronyms (parts of "chickpea"):
chickpea; garbanzo (large white roundish Asiatic legume; usually dried)
chickpea; garbanzo (the seed of the chickpea plant)
Meaning:
Large white roundish Asiatic legume; usually dried
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Synonyms:
garbanzo; chickpea
Hypernyms ("chickpea" is a kind of...):
legume (the seedpod of a leguminous plant (such as peas or beans or lentils))
Holonyms ("chickpea" is a part of...):
chickpea; chickpea plant; Cicer arietinum; Egyptian pea (Asiatic herb cultivated for its short pods with one or two edible seeds)
